Kings IV 10

1 And Achaab [had] seventy sons in Samaria. And Ju wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of [the children of] Achaab, saying.

and to/for Ahab seventy son: child in/on/with Samaria and to write Jehu scroll: document and to send: depart Samaria to(wards) ruler Jezreel [the] old: elder and to(wards) [the] be faithful Ahab to/for to say

2 Now then, as soon as this letter shall have reached you, whereas [there are] with you the sons of your master, and with you chariots and horses, and strong cities, and arms,

and now (in/on/with to come (in): come *LB(ah)*) [the] scroll: document [the] this to(wards) you and with you son: child lord your and with you [the] chariot and [the] horse and city fortification and [the] weapon

3 do you accordingly look out the best and fit amongst your master's sons, and set him on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your master.

and to see: select [the] pleasant and [the] upright from son: child lord your and to set: make upon throne father his and to fight upon house: household lord your

4 And they feared greatly, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: and how shall we stand?

and to fear much much and to say behold two [the] king not to stand: stand to/for face: before his and how? to stand: stand we

5 So they that were over the house, and they that were over the city, and the elders and the guardians, sent to Ju, saying, We also [are] your servants, and whatever you shall say to us we will do; we will not make [any] man king: we will do that which is right in your eyes.

and to send: depart which upon [the] house: home and which upon [the] city and [the] old: elder and [the] be faithful to(wards) Jehu to/for to say servant/slave your we and all which to say to(wards) us to make: do not to reign man: anyone [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your to make: do

6 And Ju wrote them a second letter, saying, If you [are] for me, and listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and bring [them] to me at this time to-morrow in Jezrael. Now the sons of the king were seventy men; these great men of the city brought them up.

and to write to(wards) them scroll: document second to/for to say if to/for me you(m. p.) and to/for voice: message my you(m. p.) to hear: obey to take: take [obj] head human son: child lord your and to come (in): come to(wards) me like/as time tomorrow Jezreel [to] and son: child [the] king seventy man with great: large [the] city to magnify [obj] them

7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, [even] seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael.

and to be like/as to come (in): come [the] scroll: document to(wards) them and to take: take [obj] son: child [the] king and to slaughter seventy man and to set: put [obj] head their in/on/with pot and to send: depart to(wards) him Jezreel [to]

8 And a messenger came and told [him], saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay them [in] two heaps by the door of the gate until the morning.

and to come (in): come [the] messenger and to tell to/for him to/for to say to come (in): bring head son: child [the] king and to say to set: put [obj] them two heap entrance [the] gate till [the] morning

9 And the morning came, and he went forth, and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him: but who killed all these?

and to be in/on/with morning and to come out: come and to stand: stand and to say to(wards) all [the] people righteous you(m. p.) behold I to conspire upon lord my and to kill him and who? to smite [obj] all these

10 See now that there shall not fall to the ground anything of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke against the house of Achaab: for the Lord has performed all that he spoke of by the hand of his servant Eliu.

to know then for not to fall: fall from word LORD land: country/planet [to] which to speak: speak LORD upon house: household Ahab and LORD to make: do [obj] which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by servant/slave his Elijah

11 And Ju struck all that were left of the house of Achaab in Jezrael, and all his great men, and his acquaintance, and his priests, so as not to leave him [any] remnant.

and to smite Jehu [obj] all [the] to remain to/for house: household Ahab in/on/with Jezreel and all great: large his and to know his and priest his till lest to remain to/for him survivor

12 And he arose and went to Samaria, [and] he [was] in the house of sheep-shearing in the way.

and to arise: rise and to come (in): come and to go: went Samaria he/she/it Beth-eked Beth-eked House of Shepherds in/on/with way: journey

13 And Ju found the brethren of Ochozias king of Juda, and said, Who [are] you? And they said, We [are] the brethren of Ochozias, and we have come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen.

and Jehu to find [obj] brother: male-relative Ahaziah king Judah and to say who? you(m. p.) and to say brother: male-relative Ahaziah we and to go down to/for peace: greeting son: child [the] king and son: child [the] queen

14 And he said, Take them alive. And they killed them at the shearing-house, forty and two men: he left not a man of them.

and to say to capture them alive and to capture them alive and to slaughter them to(wards) pit Beth-eked Beth-eked forty and two man and not to remain man: anyone from them

15 And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him; and he saluted him, and Ju said to him, Is your heart right with my heart, as my heart [is] with your heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Ju said, If it is then, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.

and to go: went from there and to find [obj] Jonadab son: child Rechab to/for to encounter: meet him and to bless him and to say to(wards) him there with heart your upright like/as as which heart my with heart your and to say Jonadab there and there to give: give [emph?] [obj] hand your and to give: give hand his and to ascend: rise him to(wards) him to(wards) [the] chariot

16 And he said to him, Come with me, and see me zealous for the Lord. And he caused him to sit in his chariot.

and to say to go: come [emph?] with me and to see: see in/on/with jealousy my to/for LORD and to ride [obj] him in/on/with chariot his

17 And he entered into Samaria, and struck all that were left of Achaab in Samaria, until he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Eliu.

and to come (in): come Samaria and to smite [obj] all [the] to remain to/for Ahab in/on/with Samaria till to destroy him like/as word LORD which to speak: speak to(wards) Elijah

18 And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shall serve him much.

and to gather Jehu [obj] all [the] people and to say to(wards) them Ahab to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal little Jehu to serve: minister him to multiply

19 Now then do all [you] the prophets of Baal call all his servants and his priests to me; let not a man be lacking: for I have a great sacrifice [to offer] to Baal; every one who shall be missing shall die. But Ju did it in subtilty, that he might destroy the servants of Baal.

and now all prophet [the] Baal all to serve: minister him and all priest his to call: call to to(wards) me man: anyone not to reckon: missing for sacrifice great: large to/for me to/for Baal all which to reckon: missing not to live and Jehu to make: do in/on/with cunning because to perish [obj] to serve: minister [the] Baal

20 And Ju said, Sanctify a solemn festival to Baal, and they made a proclamation.

and to say Jehu to consecrate: consecate assembly to/for Baal and to call: call out

21 And Ju sent throughout all Israel, saying, Now then let all [Baal's] servants, and all his priests, and all his prophets [come], let none be lacking: for I am going to offer a great sacrifice; whoever shall be missing, shall not live. So all the servants of Baal came, and all his priests, and all his prophets: there was not one left who came not. And they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.

and to send: depart Jehu in/on/with all Israel and to come (in): come all to serve: minister [the] Baal and not to remain man: anyone which not to come (in): come and to come (in): come house: home [the] Baal and to fill house: home [the] Baal lip: edge to/for lip: edge

22 And he said to the man who was over the house of the wardrobe, Bring forth a robe for all the servants of Baal. And the keeper of the robes brought forth to them.

and to say to/for which upon [the] apparel to come out: send clothing to/for all to serve: minister [the] Baal and to come out: send to/for them [the] garment

23 And Ju and Jonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to the servants of Baal, Search, and see whether there is amongst you any of the servants of the Lord, or only the servants of Baal, by themselves.

and to come (in): come Jehu and Jonadab son: child Rechab house: home [the] Baal and to say to/for to serve: minister [the] Baal to search and to see: see lest there here with you from servant/slave LORD that if: except if: except to serve: minister [the] Baal to/for alone them

24 And he went in to offer sacrifices and whole burnt offerings; and Ju set for himself eighty men without, and said, Every man who shall escape of the men whom I bring into your hand, the life of him [that spares him] shall go for his life.

and to come (in): come to/for to make: offer sacrifice and burnt offering and Jehu to set: put to/for him in/on/with outside eighty man and to say [the] man which to escape from [the] human which I to come (in): come upon hand: power your soul: life his underneath: instead soul: life his

25 And it came to pass, when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Ju said to the footmen and to the officers, Go you in and kill them; let not a man of them escape. So they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the footmen and the officers cast [the bodies] forth, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

and to be like/as to end: finish he to/for to make: offer [the] burnt offering and to say Jehu to/for to run: guard and to/for officer to come (in): come to smite them man: anyone not to come out: come and to smite them to/for lip: edge sword and to throw [the] to run: guard and [the] officer and to go: went till city house: home [the] Baal

26 And they brought out the pillar of Baal, and burnt it.

and to come out: send [obj] pillar house: home [the] Baal and to burn her

27 And they tore down the pillars of Baal, and made his house a draught-house until this day.

and to tear [obj] pillar [the] Baal and to tear [obj] house: home [the] Baal and to set: make him (to/for going forth *Q(K)*) till [the] day: today

28 So Ju abolished Baal out of Israel.

and to destroy Jehu [obj] [the] Baal from Israel

29 Nevertheless Ju departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: [these were] the golden heifers in Baethel and in Dan.

except sin Jeroboam son: child Nebat which to sin [obj] Israel not to turn aside: turn aside Jehu from after them calf [the] gold which Bethel Bethel and which in/on/with Dan

30 And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all your deeds wherein you have acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which you have done to the house of Achaab [as they were] in my heart, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

and to say LORD to(wards) Jehu because which be pleasing to/for to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance my like/as all which in/on/with heart my to make: do to/for house: household Ahab son: descendant/people fourth to dwell to/for you upon throne Israel

31 But Ju took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.

and Jehu not to keep: careful to/for to go: walk in/on/with instruction LORD God Israel in/on/with all heart his not to turn aside: turn aside from upon sin Jeroboam which to sin [obj] Israel

32 In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Azael struck them in every coast of Israel;

in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) to profane/begin: begin LORD to/for to cut off in/on/with Israel and to smite them Hazael in/on/with all border: area Israel

33 from Jordan eastward all the land of Galaad belonging to the Gadites, of Gaddi and that of Ruben, and of Manasses, from Aroer, which is on the brink of the brook of Arnon, and Galaad and Basan.

from [the] Jordan east [the] sun [obj] all land: country/planet [the] Gilead [the] Gad and [the] Reubenite and [the] Manassite from Aroer which upon torrent: valley Arnon and [the] Gilead and [the] Bashan

34 And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the wars wherein he engaged, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

and remainder word: deed Jehu and all which to make: do and all might his not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Israel

35 And Ju slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joachaz his son reigned in his stead.

and to lie down: be dead Jehu with father his and to bury [obj] him in/on/with Samaria and to reign Jehoahaz son: child his underneath: instead him

36 And the days which Ju reigned over Israel [were] twenty-eight years in Samaria.

and [the] day which to reign Jehu upon Israel twenty and eight year in/on/with Samaria